Section IIl Reading Comprehension (40 minutes )
PART A
Directions:
Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn’t easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in.
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there—moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. I would have a life- time of security if I stuck with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss’s of- rice. Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous temper. "Matt, we have to have a talk." I be.- gan awkwardly. "I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I’ m forty. There’ s a lot I want to do in life. I’m resigning. " "To another paper?" he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn’t say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to. start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly en-gaged in the change. "I’ m glad for you," he said, quite out of my expectation. "I just came from
a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can’ t," he went on. "I wish you all the luck in the world," he con- cluded. "And if it doesn’ t work out, remember, your star is always high here. "
Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody--even though I’ d be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security I had carefully built up.
Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property. "I’ m resigning, Bill," I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn’t looking angry or dismayed either. After a pause, he said, "Golly, I wish I were in your shoes. "
46. From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous
[ A ] newspaper
[ B ] magazine
[ C ] temple
[ D ] church
47. If the writer stayed with the Globe
[ A ] he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams
[ B ] he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away
[ C ] he would never have to worry about his future life
[ D ] he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions
48. The writer wanted to resign because
[ A ] he had serious trouble with his boss
[ B ] he got underpaid at his job for the Globe
[ C ] he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry
[ D ] he had found a better paid job in a publishing house
49. When the writer decided to resign, the Globe was faced with
[ A ] a trouble, with its staff members
[ B ] a shortage of qualified reporters
[ C ] an unfavorable business situation
[ D ] an uncontrollable business situation
50. By "I wish I were in your shoes. "( in the last paragraph ), Bill Taylor meant that
[ A ] the writer was to fail
[ B ] the writer was stupid
[ C ] he would do the same if possible
[ D ] he would reject the writer’s request 參考譯文
如果你正為某些事情擔(dān)心或是在工作上、學(xué)業(yè)中承受著很大的壓力，你極有可能睡得不好。憂慮使你無法入睡，你在床上輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè)，直到清晨時分才能睡得著覺。醒來的時候，你并不覺得精神煥發(fā)神清氣爽，而是精疲力竭，無法迎接新一天的來臨。
近期的報紙上刊登了一篇亨利•溫可爾博士的文章，題目是《壓力與睡眠》。溫可爾博士認為壓力和睡眠不足有直接的聯(lián)系。他說：“我們越是憂心忡忡，睡得就越少，也就越?jīng)]有辦法對抗憂慮�！彼�補充說：“如果能找到使自己睡個好覺的方法，我們就能有足夠的精力解決我們的問題。”
那么，究竟什么是良好的睡眠呢?研究表明，保持健康需要的睡眠數(shù)量是因人而異的。7小時是平均數(shù)。然而令人不解的是，延長睡眠時間，非但不能讓人精神煥發(fā)，反而會引起頭痛。溫可爾博士認為睡前的準(zhǔn)備工作是很重要的。工作到很晚的人臨睡前應(yīng)該稍稍休息一下，做點有助于放松的事，可以看看電視或聽聽音樂。早晨做運動也會使人在身體上和精神上有疲勞感。睡前喝點飲料也有助于睡眠，但不要喝茶或咖啡，因為它們含有的咖啡因會使你無法入眠。溫可爾博士指出：“關(guān)燈之后，你就該集中精神放松你的肌肉。慢慢地從腳開始放松，就會不知不覺地進入夢鄉(xiāng)了。”
答案及解析
26.A【解析】本題考查詞語搭配。toss and turn是固定用法，表示“輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè)”。
27.D【解析】考查詞語搭配。fall asleep意為“入睡”，是固定用法，符合題意。
28.C【解析】本題考查詞語辨析和對文意的理解。A項relieve意為“減輕，安慰”B項renew意為“恢復(fù)，重建”c項refresh意為“恢復(fù)精力”D項release意為“釋放”。根據(jù)題意，人睡覺醒來應(yīng)該覺得神清氣爽，所以選擇C。
29.B【解析】此題考查詞義辨析。B項unable意為‘沒有能力的”，常與to搭配，人做主語。
30.C【解析】此題考查詞義辨析和對文意的理解。表示“文章等的標(biāo)題是…”，一般用entitle，為固定用法。
31.D【解析】此題考查詞義辨析。A項imply意為“暗示”;B項su9—gest;C項propose均為“建議”;只有D項indicate意為“表明，明確指出”符合文意。
32.A【解析】這里的意思是“壓力和缺乏睡眠有關(guān)系”。表示關(guān)系的選1 項是A項relate。
33.B【解析】第一段已經(jīng)提到，如果人承受很大的壓力就睡不好，“憂慮使你無法入睡”。由此可知，越憂慮，睡的越少，the more/less… ，the…是固定搭配，意為“越…，越…”。
34.c【解析】此題考查對細節(jié)的理解。這一段第一句話已提到亨利博士的文章講的是壓力與睡眠的關(guān)系，前文中出現(xiàn)了stress and sleep，根據(jù)此細節(jié)可推斷出此處應(yīng)選C。
35.D【解析】此題考查對文意的理解。文中此處是說“博士又補充了一點”，D項add意為“補充”。
36.B【解析】這里的意思是說只有保證好的睡眠，我們才能有精力去解決所憂慮的問題，此處指的是人的體力，只有B項energy有此意。
37.A【解析】此題考查詞義辨析。這里指的是人們睡眠的數(shù)量各不相同，vary和differ都有“不同”的意思。但前者強調(diào)各式各樣的，種類的多樣性而后者強調(diào)事物本質(zhì)上根本的不同。
38.C【解析】此題考查關(guān)聯(lián)詞的用法。此處意思是說，一般人們會認為睡得越多人越精神，但恰恰相反，睡多了會使人頭疼，這里是轉(zhuǎn)折的意思，所以選擇C。
39.D【解析】此題考查對上下文的理解。此句的意思是“睡多了會使人頭疼而不是更加體力充沛”，要選擇表轉(zhuǎn)折的選項。
40.B【解析】此題考查詞義辨析。B項break是此意，意為“短暫休息”;A項pause意為“中止”;C項vacation意為“假期”;D項in-terruption意為“打擾”。
41.B【解析】此題考查對文意的理解。early意為“早早地”。
42.C【解析】此題考查詞語搭配。physically and mentally是副詞短語的固定搭配，表示“身心地”。
43.B【解析】茶和咖啡因含咖啡因會使^清醒，B項awake意為“清醒的”。
44.A【解析】此題考查動詞詞組搭配。put out意為“熄滅”;put on意為“穿上”;put away意為“把…收起來”;put off意為“推遲”。
45.C【解析】這句話的意思是“在不知不覺中你就睡著了”，即在你知曉之前就已入睡了。 |
